I-Holland America Line igubha iminyaka engu-149 yasungulwa namuhla njengoba isondela emqondweni wayo we-150 ngonyaka ozayo. Ukumaka umcimbi, usuku luzogujwa ebhodini ngama-dessert amahle, amathosti akhethekile e-champagne nemikhosi yezivakashi namalungu eqembu.
Ngaphezu kokugubha iminyaka engu-149, uhambo ngomkhumbi luzoqhubeka nemigubho kuze kube sekuqaleni kukaJuni ngokuqala kabusha kwe-Noordam (April 24), Oosterdam (May 8), Zaandam (May 12) kanye ne-Westerdam (June 12) - okuletha yonke imikhumbi Imikhumbi engu-11 ibuyele emsebenzini - kanye nomcimbi osemthethweni wokuqamba i-Rotterdam, ozobanjwa ngoMeyi 30 eRotterdam, eNetherlands. Ngo-2022, i-Holland America Line iphinde igubhe iminyaka engama-75 yokuhlolwa kwe-Alaska.
"Njenge IHolland America Line isondela ekugubheni iminyaka engu-150 sasungulwa, le minyaka embalwa edlule isikhombisile ukubaluleka kokugubha izigigaba zethu,” kusho uGus Antorcha, umongameli we-Holland America Line. “Lo Ephreli uyinyanga ebalulekile lapho iHolland America Line ihola ekubuyeni kohambo lwaseCanada, ukuqaliswa kabusha kweNoordam nemigubho yethu yokusungulwa nokuhambela kwethu e-Alaska. Sibonga kakhulu ngokuhamba ngendlela eyakhayo, hhayi nje njengomkhiqizo, kodwa njengemboni.”
Ukuqamba Ngokusemthethweni kwe-Rotterdam e-Rotterdam
Umkhumbi omusha we-Holland America Line, Rotterdam, yethulwe ngo-July 2021, kodwa umcimbi osemthethweni wokuqamba igama uzobanjwa ngo-May 30. INdlovukazi Yakhe Ephakeme UMargriet yaseNetherlands izoba unkulunkulukazi womkhumbi, eqhuba isiko elaqala ngawo-1920.
I-Rotterdam izosuka e-Amsterdam, eNetherlands, zingama-29 kuNhlaba ohambweni lwezinsuku eziyisikhombisa “loMgubho Wokuqanjwa Kwegama Lase-Rotterdam” oluhlola izindawo ezinhle zaseNorway. Uma umkhumbi ufika e-Rotterdam May 30, kuzoba nomcimbi wangasese wezivakashi ezimenyiwe ozosakazwa kuwo wonke umkhumbi.